It is becoming increasingly clear as President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration approaches that the attendance boycott by lawmakers is being driven by the most radical left-wing group in the United States Congress.
I am referring to the truly awful neo-Marxist Congressional Progressive Caucus, which currently has 75 members, all of whom are Democrats (except for Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont who is an Independent). The Congressional Progressive Caucus has 75 members in Congress. Of the 75, 74 are House members and one is a member of the Senate.
Of those 75, 44 members say they will not attend the inauguration ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on Friday. In other words, as of right now, 4:00 in the morning on Jan. 19, 59 percent of the Congressional Progressive Caucus is boycotting the swearing-in.
(See the list at the bottom of this article. On it, all members of the CPC are included along with whether they say they will attend the inauguration.)
The Washington Post reported yesterday (Jan. 18) at 4:05 p.m. Eastern time that 65 Democrat members of the House have indicated they will not attend the inauguration ceremony scheduled for tomorrow.
In other words, of the 65 boycotters, a full two-thirds are members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
It seems a safe bet that the 65 boycotters figure will grow, perhaps dramatically, in the coming 24 hours.
"I'm completely unsurprised that the majority of the Congressional Progressive Caucus are boycotting President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration," Trevor Loudon, an expert on left-wing organizations, told Bombthrowers.
"America's communists have been spewing their hatred of Trump on the streets for months. It is logical that the hard left's lackeys would also try to do their spiteful best to mar the new president's special day."
The number of boycotters reportedly spiked after Trump tweeted Saturday that Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) is “all talk, talk, talk” and should “finally focus on the burning and crime infested inner-cities.” The public spat between the two men began last weekend when Lewis characterized Trump as an "illegitimate president."
Despite his heroic activism in the Civil Rights Era, Lewis is a terrible person who has devoted almost all of his career to making America weaker and poorer. He has been dining out on his ancient activism for more than a half century.
Like the civil rights movement he served, Lewis has become corrupt and destructive. He is a nasty hateful old man who lies about his political adversaries and spews ugliness. This radical anti-American blowhard has long supported the same left-wing policies that have kept much of his congressional district in Atlanta a hellhole.
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CONGRESSIONAL PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS MEMBERSBoldfacing means the lawmaker is not attending.
MEMBERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1) Alma Adams
2) Nanette Barrágan
3) Karen Bass
4) Xavier Becerra
5) Don Beyer
6) Lisa Blunt Rochester
7) Suzanne Bonamici
8) Anthony Brown
9) Michael Capuano
10) André Carson
11) Matt Cartwright
12) David Cicilline
13) Judy Chu
14) Katherine Clark15) Yvette Clarke16) William Lacy Clay17) Steve Cohen
18) Bonnie Watson Coleman
19) John Conyers
20) Elijah Cummings
21) Danny Davis
22) Peter DeFazio
23) Rosa DeLauro
24) Val Demings
25) Debbie Dingell
26) Lloyd Doggett
27) Keith Ellison
28) Adriano Espaillat
29) Dwight Evans
30) Lois Frankel
31) Marcia Fudge
32) Ruben Gallego
33) Vicente Gonzalez
34) Raúl Grijalva
35) Luis Gutierrez
36) Jared Huffman
37) Pramila Jayapal
38) Hakeem Jeffries
39) Eddie Bernice Johnson
40) Hank Johnson
41) Joe Kennedy III
42) Ruben Kihuen
43) Ro Khanna
44) Brenda Lawrence
45) Barbara Lee
46) Sheila Jackson Lee
47) John Lewis
48) Ted Lieu
49) David Loebsack
50) Alan Lowenthal
51) Carolyn Maloney
52) James McGovern
53) Gwen Moore
54) Jerrold Nadler
55) Grace Napolitano
56) Rick Nolan
57) Eleanor Holmes Norton (nonvoting House delegate for D.C.)
58) Frank Pallone
59) Chellie Pingree
60) Mark Pocan
61) Jared Polis
62) Jamie Raskin
63) Lucille Roybal-Allard
64) Jan Schakowsky
65) José Serrano
66) Carol Shea-Porter
67) Louise Slaughter
68) Mark Takano
69) Bennie Thompson
70) Nydia Velázquez
71) Maxine Waters
72) Peter Welch
73) Frederica Wilson
74) John YarmuthU.S. SENATE MEMBER
75) Bernie Sanders
Sources: media reports, Twitter
